Kingston: Red Hills Road Murder

March 12, 2018

Jamaica News, March 12, 2018 – Red Hills Road Murder

St Andrew, Jamaica (McKoy’s News) – A 20-year-old man was shot to death by a lone gunman and another narrowly missed being killed during a shooting incident which occurred along a section of Red Hills Road in St Andrew on Saturday morning.

The dead man has since been identified as Jamoy Whyte of Verene Avenue in Kingston 10.

Reports by the St Andrew police are that shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Whyte and the other man were walking along a section of Red Hills road when they were approached by a man who brandished a handgun.

The man opened fire hitting Whyte to his upper body before escaping on foot in the area.

The police were summoned and upon arrival, the wounded man was transported to the Kingston Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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